{
  "id": 142293,
  "title": "Thousands of dying people miss out on vital fast-tracked benefits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/thousands-of-dying-people-miss-out-on-vital-fast-tracked-benefits",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-04T18:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-thousands-dying-people-vital-fast.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Special Rules for End of Life is an important mechanism in the benefits system designed to give people with a terminal illness fast-tracked access to vital financial support. But this qualitative study, the first to interview patients, caregivers and health care professionals about the issue, shows the system is failing too many dying people. Uncertainty about how long someone has left to live,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}